Brain Quote by Paul Broca
“We are permitted to suppose that the relatively small size of the female brain depends in part upon her physical inferiority and in part upon her intellectual inferiority.”
About This Quote
Source Book: Lectures on the Physiology of the Brain, 1865
The quote claims that women's smaller brains are due to both physical and intellectual inferiority.
In simple terms: It suggests women's brains are smaller because they are physically and mentally inferior.
Question underlying gender biases in scientific claims.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- academic discourse
- educational curricula
- policy debates
- media representation
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How have scientific standards about gender changed?
- What impact do such statements have on society?
Modern neuroscience disproves such deterministic views.